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JAMES ROBERT LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Lewis, of Modesto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 28
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · May 31, 1969
- JOHN N LACHICASergeant First Class · May 31, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- BILLY JOE RALPH MARTINSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
From Modesto
- ERNEST KAY GERHARDTPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JACK DALE MCCLURECaptain · December 31, 1965
- JOSEPH ANTHONY RANDAZZOLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- NEAL ARTHUR RASMUSSENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM BARTLOWLance Corporal · July 18, 1966
- DONALD CHARLES VAUGHANSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WEBORGCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LYNN PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ROBERT NICOLAS STAUDSeaman · March 6, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.